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  • November 2005

    • November 2005

    Leadership

    Justice Department Finalizes Expanded Death Benefits

    Nov. 1, 2005
    More than 18 months after Congress enacted two laws expanding the Public Safety Officers Benefits Act (PSOB), the U.S. Department of Justice proposed new regulations in July ...
    Photo courtesy of Tony R. Abston
    Only a few trusses remain after the fire. Gusset plates weakened by the fire gripping the trusses together can collapse quickly.
    Safety & Health

    Fire Chief Makes The Right Call in Ohio

    Nov. 1, 2005
    Pick up any issue of Firehouse Magazine or look at Firehouse.com and it's clear that there has never been a time when there has been so intense and coordinated a focus on firefighter...
    Photo Courtesy of Author
    Photo 2: The company officer can see that he has three firefighters advancing down the hallway towards the room of origin. As a result, he knows that the entire company is with him at this point in the incident.
    Tech & Comm

    The Thermal Imager And Accountability

    Nov. 1, 2005
    At most incidents, even relatively small ones, chiefs and officers face a difficult task of maintaining accountability for firefighters working at the scene. A number of tagging...
    Community Risk

    The Customer Care Officer: Extending Public Service

    Nov. 1, 2005
    Question: With a heightened awareness of customer service as a necessary part of any fire department's interaction with the community, is there a designated position within the...
    Photo courtesy of Salinas, CA, Rural Fire Protection District
    The 50-pound bumper and the strut piston unit impaled in a fence that was along the right side of the vehicle. The bumper stopped approximately 20 feet from the front of the burning Volvo.
    Rescue

    Pressurized Vessels on Vehicles - Part 4

    Nov. 1, 2005
    Subject: Pressurized Vessels on Vehicles: Part 4 - Energy-Absorbing Bumper Systems Topic: Catastrophic failure of energy-absorbing bumper systems during vehicle fires Objective...

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    Chris Lund
    Tilton-Northfield Ladder 1 and multiple street guns protect the exposure 30 feet from division D.
    Operations & Training

    On The Job: New Hampshire - Firefighters Endure Sub-Freezing Weather, Water Supply Problems At Belmont Strip Mall Fire

    Nov. 1, 2005
    Jay K. Bradish reports on a nighttime fire, battled in below-zero weather, destroyed a 28,040-square-foot strip mall and caused $2 million in losses.
    Photo by Rob Roe
    Aerial master streams are played on the burning automotive repair shop. Seven cars and hundreds of tires were lost in the fire, which took two hours to bring under control.
    Operations & Training

    Progress Report - California

    Nov. 1, 2005
    Coverage of a three-alarm fire in an auto repair shop; plus the latest "Hot Spots on the Web."
    Photos by Martin Nate Rawner
    Though the situation proposed is theoretical, L.A. City and County firefighters battled an actual blaze in a four-story office building in Playa Del Rey, CA, on Aug. 31, 2005. Firefighters attacking the blaze with handlines on the fourth floor encountered heavy smoke and heat. The blaze was controlled in one hour. In all, 110 L.A. firefighters responded
    Operations & Training

    Tactical Decision Games - Fire Attack

    Nov. 1, 2005
    The Los Angeles Fire Department's tactical decision unit poses a hypothetical scenario and role-playing ideas to solve it.
    Apparatus

    Apparatus Chief Engineers Roundtable

    Nov. 1, 2005
    Firehouse conducts a Q&A with the chief engineers of apparatus manufacturers and discusses 2007 vehicle emissions standards.
    Photo by Tom Shand
    The storage of hydraulic rescue tools and electric cable reels can be combined in relatively small areas, when required. This unit is operated by the Waldorf, MD, Fire Department.
    Apparatus

    The Apparatus Architect: Part 25 - Designing Rescue Squad Apparatus

    Nov. 1, 2005
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur discusses the line voltage generator system as one of the most important fixed components on any rescue vehicle.
    Leadership

    Legislation Would Improve Emergency Communications

    Nov. 1, 2005
    It's not easy to find silver linings in the wreckage left by Katrina and Rita but, if nothing else, the back-to-back hurricanes exposed critical flaws in the nation's disaster...
    Operations & Training

    Strategy for Extinguishing Fires in Noncombustible Type II Buildings

    Nov. 1, 2005
    By request of the author, this article is not available online